Cataglyphis sinaiticus (Wheeler & Mann) new
status
![return to key](../minirkey.jpg) Type location Egypt (Cataglyphis
bombycina Roger var. sinaitica var. nov., Wheeler &
Mann, 1916: 173, soldier &
worker) from Egypt -
no images on Antweb (August 2015)
Cataglyphis bombycinus sinaiticus Wheeler
& Mann (1916: 173, soldier & worker, from Wady Gazelle, Sinai)
- in HNS as Cataglyphis
bombycina var. sinaitica Wheeler & Mann. In bombycinus-group
(Agosti, 1990a: 1484) but Agosti noted he had not sighted the type
specimens - Cataglyphis bombycinus (as Formica
bombycina, Roger, 1859: 232, illustrated, all forms; type location
Libya, syntypes from Egypt - illustration unavailable)
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Wheeler & Mann's (1916) description of sinaiticus
is at .
Note - from the
descriptions, this possibly is the junior synonym of Cataglyphis argentatus
Radoszkowsky, 1876.
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The
photomontage is collated from images from the MCZ,
Harvard
University, website at - MCZ link.
Sharaf list - Material examined: Mafareq (South Sinai),
2.iv.1998 (1); Mafareq (South Sinai), 8.ix.1998 (2); Mafareq (South
Sinai), 10.viii.1998 (1) (SHC); Mafareq (South Sinai), 3.v.1998 (1)
Leg. M.R.Sharaf; Mafareq (South Sinai), 1.iv.1998 (2) Leg. M.R.Sharaf;
Mafareq (South Sinai), 12.vii.1998 (1) Leg. M.R.Sharaf; Mafareq (South
Sinai), 10.viii.1998 (1) Leg. M.R.Sharaf; Mafareq (South Sinai),
11.viii.1998 (1) Leg. M.R.Sharaf (ASUC)
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